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Aldin (Cecil). Old Manor Houses, [1923], twelve tipped in col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, tinted decs. and illusts., half title and final two text leaves water stained at lower blank corner, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. Japanese vellum backed boards gilt, boards repaired at head and foot with new paper, 4to Limited edition signed by Cecil Aldin, 244/350. copies (of a total edition of 380. copies). This copy with an original pen and ink sketch of a dog by Aldin. (1)

A Common place book, a varied contents including a hand coloured likeness of George III, a pencil sketch by Sir C Bunbury, engraved portraits and topographical views, 4 Victorian Valentines, Mourning Souvenirs, hand coloured caricatures and continental character studies, compiled mid 19th Century and with name J F Stanford Esq, Forest Lodge, Regents' Park, N.W.

John King A coloured hunting print HH Newton Valance 1970 Signed in pencil and with pencil sketch with a huntsman on horseback

E H SIBBY (INDISTINCTLY INSCRIBED), FIVE SKETCH BOOKS, circa 1930s, English and Continental views (mostly inscribed verso), including one ‘Lost Corben pulling the sledge up Muldrow Glacier (Alaska) fell into an entrance whose bottom could --- be seen with an electric torch on the end of a 200 ft line’; Together with two small Oil Portraits of Ladies possibly by the same hand, (7)

AUGUSTUS MORTON AND HELEY SMITH, STUDIO SKETCH BOOK OF 61 PENCIL DRAWINGS, various subjects

SIR ALFRED JOHN MUNNINGS, PRA, AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF LETTERS, SKETCHBOOK, PRIVATELY PUBLISHED PAMPHLETS, RARE GRAMOPHONE RECORDING, PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA, including a sketchbook with preparatory sketches for the following paintings: ‘Gypsy Life’, ‘Epsom Downs’, ‘City and Suburban Day’, ‘The Departure of the Hop-Pickers’ and ‘Gypsies on Epsom Downs – Derby Week’ (completed circa 1913-1920), a pencil sketch initialled A J of Maurice Codner, pencil sketch of figure on horseback inscribed A J Munnings, RA, after E Lutyens, a double sided sketch page, one inscribed ‘Kersey, 31’ (views of Kersey Church, Suffolk) with over drawn sketch of a horse, the other side depicting a seated figure A large collection of letters from Alfred Munnings to his friend and fellow artist Maurice Codner including two that start ‘Dear’ then a drawing of a cod fish and then ‘ner’ to follow, (approximately 50+ autographed items),

EDWARD LE MARCHANT CAFE, FOUR FRAMES OF SKETCH BOOK DRAWINGS, 25 items in total, including figure and landscape subjects, (4)

A FOLLOWER OF SIR ALFRED JOHN MUNNINGS, BEARS INITIALS, PENCIL AND WATERCOLOUR SKETCH, three figures conversing by a camp, (see inscription), 15” x 20” and A FOLLOWER OF SIR ALFRED JOHN MUNNINGS, BEARS SIGNATURE, WATERCOLOUR, Harry La Montague on a grey mare, (see inscription), 15” x 20”, (2)

A FOLLOWER OF SIR ALFRED JOHN MUNNINGS, BEARS INITIALS, PENCIL SKETCH, horse, jockey and trainer going to the start, 13” x 16”

J C HARRISON, PENCIL SKETCH, a Golden Eagle in flight, 8” x 5”

ROLAND GREEN, INSCRIBED, SKETCHBOOK PAGE, the page with name and address, a short poem by Kipling and a sketch of a mallard, 8” x 5” overall

ROLAND GREEN, PENCIL SKETCH, two Mallard in flight, 6” x 5”

AUDREY R DAULKHARD, SIGNED, WATERCOLOUR AND PENCIL SKETCH, ‘The old Dovecote at Snape Maltings’; Together with a PENCIL SKETCH of the same subject, 11” x 14” and 7” x 10”, (2)

UNSIGNED, PEN, INK AND WATERCOLOUR SKETCH, inscribed ‘St James’s Church etc from Deal Road, Dover September 27th 1833’, 10” x 13”

A group of assorted pictures, including an oil still life of roses, indistinctly signed and dated 1950, a watercolour cartoon of the bridge of a container ship, a pencil sketch of cars in Eastbourne, a golfing print and two further watercolours. (qty)

Milne, A.A.. Now We Are Six (London: Methuen, 1927), 1st edn, 8vo, illus. by Ernest Shepard, t.e.g., pict. pink endpapers, pict. crimson cloth gilt; with Winnie the Pooh (Methuen, 1927), 3rd edn, 8vo, illus. by Ernest Shepard, t.e.g., pict. pale green sketch-map endpapers, pict. dark green cloth gilt; and When We Were Very Young (Methuen, 1927), 15th edn, 8vo, illus. by Ernest Shepard, t.e.g., pict. pale yellow endpapers, pict. blue cloth gilt, (3).

Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935) Study of an Alerted Stag A preparatory unfinished sketch, pencil, watercolour and gouache heightened with white, oval, 18.5cm by 13cm (7 1/4in by 5 1/4in); together with Four Further Studies of Roe Deer and Their Young One dated "80" (1880), 13cm by 8cm (5in by 3 1/4in), 13cm by 8cm (5in by 3 1/4in) 13.5cm by 18.5cm (5 1/2in by 7 1/4in) and 13.5cm by 18.5cm (5 1/4in by 7 1/4in) respectively, five contained within one mount *Provenance. With J.Davey & Sons Ltd, 70 Bridge Street, Deansgate, Manchester 3, numbered "6146" on the backing board verso

Thorburn, (Archibald), A Naturalist's Sketch book, first edition, 60 plates, 24 colour, tissue guards, a little light spotting, bookplates on front free end paper and front pastedown, original cloth, large 4to, 1919

Spielman, M H and Layard, G S. Kate Greenaway, limited edition 166/500, signed by John Greenaway and with an original sketch laid in. Contents pulled. Also, loosely inserted a pencil sketch by Birket Foster of John Greenaway, illustrated in the book, 4to

Japanese woodblock print of children playing badminton, watercolour 'poverty' signed Elizabeth Guiack? and after Picasso, sketch of a bull (3) # 25

Adrian Jones (1845-1938) The Jockey Fred Archer on Ormonde, a Racecourse in the Background, Signed, also inscribed "Sketch, Archer on Ormonde" and dated "1886", also inscribed on the stretcher verso, oil on canvas, 28.5cm by 35. 5cm (11 1/4in by 14in) *The picture bears close similarity to the pose in Adrian Jones's bronze Fred Archer on Ormonde, illustrated in Claude Berry's "The Racehorse in 20th century Art", 1989 *The painting is sold together with details on the races won by Ormonde, some biographical details on the jockey Fred Archer and photocopied information from the British Sporting Art Trust dated March 1984

Thomas Bush Hardy, CALAIS HARBOUR Signed, dated Jan 22 1871 and inscribed 'with the artist's kind regards', watercolour 21 x 33; together with NEW BRIGHTON Signed, dated 1871, inscribed 'Sketch for a picture, New Brighton', 23 x 34cm (2)

Attributed to Arthur Minton (English fl. c.1901-1912) watercolour on card, A pair of landscapes of ruined castle and the Royal Hotel, both unframed, 7ins x 9.5ins, together with two sketch books

Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971) watercolour, 'Langham Sketch - "Off The Shore", signed, 9 x 13.25 ins.

Frederick Mercer (fl. 1881-1937) Townsdar Church, Dartmouth, with girl and dog, Watercolour heightened with white, Signed, Verso with photograph of inscription Townsdar Church, Dartmouth, a sketch from nature, July '75. 15cm x 23cm

EDWARDS, LIONEL. A Leicestershire Sketch Book. 1935. 4to., orig. cloth (faded). Coloured and plain plates. With 4 others illustrated by the same. (5)

SHARPE, R. BOWDLER. A Hand-Book to the Birds of Great Britain. 2 vols., 1896. 8vo., Cont. half maroon roan. Coloured plates. -- FOTHERGILL, GEORGE A. Sketch-Book. First Edition, No. 34 of 100 reserved copies for binding, signed by the author, from the edition of 500. Oblong folio, orig. cloth backed boards (soiled). Illustrations. With 2 others. (5)

BRISTOL. A collection of seven 19th c. pamphlets including A Sketch of the Life of the late Richard Reynolds, 1816. Engraved portrait (dut-soiled) -- Gutch, J.M. The Country versus London. The country Constitutional Guardian and Literary Magazine. Vol 1, Nos. 1-7, Nov. 1821 - May 1822. 8vo., orig. wraps. With 3 copies of The Chronicle of Bristol, 1829-30. All published in Bristol. With another pamphlet (18)

DANIEL ORME (1767-1832), 'Sidon' after the sketch by Francis Pilsbury, part printed and part washes, published by Edward Orme, 8" x 11 3/4" and 18th century French School, a rocky escarpment, pencil drawing, the back of the frame inscribed H Robert, 13 1/2" x 19 1/2". (2)

PHILIP HUGH PADWICK (1876-1958), A figure with cattle in an open landscape, signed, oil on board, 13" x 19"; together with another similar and a sketch by the same hand. (3)

Adrian Hill. Landscape. Oil on board. 11in. x 14in. Royal Institute of Oil Painters label on the verso. Titled 'Oil sketch. Adrian Hill. 1967.' Framed.

Lionel Dalhousie Robertson Edwards R.I., R.C.A. (1878 - 1966), "Tally Ho!", initialled and dated 1900, with The London Sketch Club Exhibition label on verso, watercolour over pencil heightened with touches of bodycolour, 15.5 x 13cm.; 6.25 x 5in. * Studied art under Sir A.S. Cope R.A. at Heatherleys and Frank Calderon at the latter's School of Animal Painting in Kensington. Edwards worked extensively as a reporter and illustrator, firstly for "The Graphic" in about 1910 and then for "Punch". He painted a series of pictures of named hunts entitled "Shires and Provinces" and he wrote and illustrated a number of books including "Sketches in Stable and Kennel" and "Reminiscences of a Sporting Artist".

Cricket - A team sheet from Pakistan's tour of England in 1982, signed by seventeen players and the manager, including Imran Khan and Javed Miandad; and an unrelated humorous pen and ink sketch, (2).

An unused Indian photograph or sketch album, the covers with carved sandalwood panels and geometric ivory and metal mosaic borders.

W Harrington "Sketch Looking towards the Grand Staircase", the interior of a grand house, pencil and watercolour wash heightened with white, unsigned, inscribed, 55 x 75 cm

Douglas Hoffman NUDE SKETCH, signed and numbered 24/95 colour lithograph, 28cm x 22cm (11"x 8.75")

Cruikshank, George, My Sketch Book, London, by George Cruikshank, 1834, Oblong 4to, volume one only, illustrated title, illustrations throughout, advertisement leaves, original decorative cloth gilt, extremities rubbed With a number of other works including two works by Juliana Horatia-Ewing 'The Story of a Short Life' (London, n.d.), and 'Jackanapes' (London, n.d.), Florence and Bertha Upton's 'The Adventures of two Dutch Dolls' (London, 1923), 'Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling' (London, 1912), wo works by Kathleen Ainslie 'ÒMe and Catharine Suan', and 'What I Said', Kipling and W. Heath Robinson (illustrator) 'A Song of the English' (London, n.d.), Graham Greene's 'The Quiet American' (London, 1935),two works by H. E. Bates 'When the Green Woods Laugh' (London, 1960), and 'Love for Lydia' (London, 1952), and C. P. Snow's 'The Affair' (London, 1960) (qty)

Attributed to Thomas Cooper Gotch (1854-1931) Golden Youth oil on canvas 60 x 105cm., unframed *The present work is possibly a preparatory sketch for larger work 468 Leonard Richmond (Exh.1912-1940) North Devon Series, Cliffs, Lee nr Ilfracombe, Southern Railway signed bottom left, inscribed as titled on the reverse oil on board 44 x 60cm.

Christopher Sanders (1905-1991) Sketch of an Italian Farmhouse signed bottom left, inscribed with title on the reverse oil on board 26.5 x 29.5cm.

Amusing Pen & Ink Sketch of 2 children playing dentists, signed Rowena O. Oakeshott dated 1913.

After Robert Gemmell Hutchison, Girl Looking out of a Window, pencil sketch, 9 1/4in x 5 3/4in (23.5cm x 14.5cm)

Marlene Dumas, b. 1953, SKETCH FOR A MONUMENT OF THE PEACE, signed, titled in Dutch, dated 1993 and numbered 15/60, lithograph, 22x20cm.; 8.75x7.75in. Provenance Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1993

A FOLDER OF MARITIME DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS AND PRINTS including a 17th Century ink sketch of sailing barges, 9cm x 13cm and a watercolour of a beached fishing boat, initialled O.D and dated 1849, size 18cm x 26cm.

Alexander Fraser, The Harvest, sketch 14cm x 17cm inscribed verso

"Durand (E.R.). An Autumn Tour in Western Persia, 1st ed., 1902, b & w illusts. from photos., folding map (minor wear to one fold), 64 pp. pubs. ads. at rear, t.e.g., orig. cloth, rubbed and faded, together with Conway (Agnes Ethel), A Ride Through the Balkans on Classic Ground with a Camera. With Introduction by Sir Martin Conway, 1st ed., 1917, b & w illusts. from photos., single-page sketch map, 4 pp. pubs. ads. at rear, some minor fore edge spotting, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed on spine, and four others, various, all 8vo (6)"

"Forbes (James D.). Travels Through the Alps of Savoy and other parts of the Pennine Chain, with Observations on the Phenomena of Glaciers, 2nd ed., revised, Edinburgh, 1845, half-title, nine litho. plts., two eng. maps (incl. large folding map at rear), nine topographical sketch maps, all correct as list, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, spine sunned, minor wear to head and foot, 8vo (1)"

"Skene (William F.). Johannis de Fordun Chronica Gentis Scotorum, 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1871, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban, 3 vols., 2nd ed., Edinburgh, 1886-90, col. litho maps, orig. cloth, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, with Ferguson (Malcolm), Rambles in Skye, with Sketch of a Trip to St. Kilda, pub. Irvine, Glasgow & Edinburgh, 1885, author's complimentary inscription to 'the editor of the Scotsman' on front free endpaper, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, with, [Maule, Henry], The History of the Picts, Containing an Accounting of their Original, Language, Manners..., with a Catalogue of their Kings..., reprinted for John Wylie & Co., Glasgow, 1818, contemp. half calf, joints & extrems. worn, slim 12mo, plus fifteen other Scottish history related (22)"

"Northumberland & the Lake District. Baker (J.G. and Tate, G.R.), A New Flora of Northumberland and Durham, with Sketches of its Climate and Physical Geography, with a Sketch of the Geology of the two Counties, by G. Tate, n.d., [1868], two maps, upper portion of title cut away, contemp. half morocco gilt, some wear to spine, together with Winch (N.J.), An Essay on the Geographical Distribution of Plants, through the Counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, and Durham, pub. Newcastle, 1819, 52 pp., inscribed on title 'To Mr Straker with Mr Winch's compts', contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed on the spine, slim 8vo, with three other late 19th c. floras relating to the Lake District, all 8vo (5)"

"Surrey & Sussex. Brewer (James Alexander), Flora of Surrey; Or, a Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Ferns... from the Manuscripts of the Late J.D. Salmon, and from other Sources, 1863, folding map contained in rear pocket, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed, inner joints cracked, small 8vo, together with A Sketch of the Natural History of Brighton and its Vicinity, Edited by Mrs Merriefield, pub. Brighton, 1864, folding eng. map, orig. cloth gilt, minor wear to extrems. and a little damp marked, 8vo, with others related (14)"

"Trimmer (Rev. Kirby). Flora of Norfolk: A Catalogue of Plants found in the County of Norfolk, 1866, orig. blind- stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed, together with Henslow (Rev. J.S. & Skepper, Edmund), Flora of Suffolk: A Catalogue of the Plants (Indigenous or Naturalised) Found in a Wild State in the County of Suffolk, [1860], orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, plus Paget (C.J. & James), Sketch of the Natural History of Yarmouth and its Neighbourhood, Containing Catalogues of the Species of Animals, Birds, Reptiles, Fish, Insects, and Plants, at Present Known, pub. Yarmouth, 1834, recent boards, 8vo, and others related (14)"

"Wiltshire. Preston (Rev. T.A.), The Flowering Plants of Wilts. with Sketches of the Physical Geography and Climate of the County, 1888, folding map, rainfall distribution chart, single plt., orig. gilt dec. cloth, slightly rubbed, together with Grose (Donald), The Flora of Wiltshire, 1957, b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Flora of Marlborough; with Notices of the Birds, and a Sketch of the Geological Features of the Neighbourhood, 1863, 129 pp., double-page photographic map (a little faded), pubs. ads. at rear, orig. blind-stamped, small 8vo (3)"

"Murchison (Roderick Impey). Siluria. The History of the Oldest Fossiliferous Rocks and their Foundations; with a Brief Sketch of the Distribution of Gold Over the Earth, 3rd ed., 1859, col. litho. frontis., seventeen double-sided and seven double-page b & w litho. plts., two folding maps, incl. one col. in end pocket, one table, numerous letterpress woodcuts, endpapers renewed, prelim. leaves foxed, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rebacked, preserving most of orig. spine, 8vo. Inscribed by the author on binder's preliminary blank, 'To Professor Huxley from his friend Roderick Murchison'. (1)"

Horace Brodzky - 'Sketch for a painting'; pen and green ink, signed with initials, dated Dec 1931 and inscribed, 26 x 22cm

The Beatles, a folio of promotional and press photographs, a sketch reputedly made by Lennon, Cockrin, Maurice, limited edition artwork ,Penny Lane, Numbers 364/76, and sundry other prints.

Edward Le Bas (1904-1966) - Oil sketch - "Street in Dieppe" - Street scene with various figures, board 10ins x 7ins, signed in red and inscribed to reverse of board, in gilt moulded and swept frame Provenance : Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, 43 Old Bond Street, Piccadilly, London - No. 14639

Cooper (W Heaton), The Lakes, 1966] In dw, signed on half-title by Cooper, and having a loosely inserted als from the author. With (same author): Lakeland Portraits (1954, in dw, signed by author); The Tarns of Lakeland (1960, half-leather binding with faded spine, loosely inserted als from author with thumbnail sketch of tents); The Hills of Lakeland (1938, signed by author, binding faded); & A Heaton Cooper's The English Lakes (1905) (5)

(Miscellaneous)] MacFall (H), Aubrey Beardsley the Man and His Work, 1928] Shaken/worn copy. With: Calvert's Geology & Natural History of the County of Durham (Bishop Auckland 1884); Skeat's Nine Specimens of English Dialects (1896); Schade's A Complete Practical Grammar of the German Language (1828); Almack's Eikon Basilike (1904); Crayon's The Sketch Book (new edn in 2 vols, 1826); & 27 other small volumes (waf) (34)

(Edward Lear ephemera)] In 1874 Edward Lear travelled to India at the invitation of the Viceroy Lord Northbrook in order to paint a series of views for him. A letter dated June 1874 from Government House, Calcutta requests that Capt Ambrose Awdry help with letters of introduction etc etc. This he obviously did as there are eight short autograph letters to him each signed in full 'Edward Lear', sent from Bangalore, Conoor, Ootacamund, and Calicut (one with a thumbnail sketch of someone wearing a huge hat). There is also Awdry's copy of Lear's More Nonsense (1872; ??given to him by Lear??); and a Lear watercolour sketch of Aden showing ships, huts, and a camel (the sketch, on paper watermarked Lumsden & Son 1846, has been twice folded). An interesting batch of material on/by Lear, kept together by descendants of Capt Awdry {See illustrations on Plate 1}

JOHN A pencil sketch of a mother and child, 23 cms. x 13 cms

ROBIN BALL (1910-1979), a sketch for fresco at High Point, Dippenhall, Farnham 1964, signed, mixed media, 24" x 12".